Boeing Starts Installing New Batteries on Air India's 787s

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Santanu Choudhury

Updated May 3, 2013 1:09 p.m. ET

NEW DELHI--Boeing Co. said Friday that it has started installing new battery systems on Air India Ltd.'s half a dozen 787 Dreamliner jets even as the state-run carrier began talks with the U.S. plane maker to seek financial compensation because it had to ground the entire fleet for months.

"Our immediate priority is to get the aircraft back in service," Pratyush Kumar, president of Boeing India, told The Wall Street...